Welcome to the Delco Nerd Network! Join Delaware County, Pennsylvania natives; Anthony Ragucci and Chris Trio and their guests as they talk all things nerdy. Here at the Network our goal is to bring you interesting conversations based around a wide array of pop-culture topics ranging from video games to movies to comic books and everything in between. We do this through four shows. Our monthly topical Podcast. Our “Hot Takes” which are reviews of movies, tv, and games. Re3 our retrospective game review Podcast. Last but not least we have Rewind Reviews where we talk about some of our favorite film franchises of the past. All available on podcast services and RU-vid!
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Great review. I dug the Android character and the connection with autism. I took great depth from his relationship with others. Both human and nonhuman. Was it a spectacle? Sure. Was the action as intense as a film like ‘My Sweet Darling’? No. Was the Alien: Isolation set design reference cool? Yeah. 😎 🆒.
How'd you like Romulus and how did you feel going into the theater? Maybe tell us what you thought of the last two Alien outings. Thanks for watching. Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
Damn. Its interesting how much more fleshed out a video game can be. Hard to translate to a cinematic experience. Legend of Zelda live action is hard to pull off. One of the best qualities of this game is how Link connects oneself with the world. this dynamic is hard to translate if there is a separation between the world and the audience. The magic may be lost and instead we have a standard hero saves princess from the evil king story.
Will you even watch Borderlands on digital? Are you excited for Borderlands 4? Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
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Clever wordplay, guys! This casting smacks of laziness and nostalgia-chasing by the studio. I'm not interested in the actor, I'm interested in the character... which is something that the studio has not done consistently well in several years.
Very disappointed. Too many misunderstandings and now they setting up another misunderstanding between Alicent and Rhaenyra again with Aegon leaving Kings Landing. I hope this is the last time Rhaenyra and Alicent talk but I read the book and I know one more meeting. I personally never liked them aging Alicent down and making them friends because I knew some mess was going to follow. Great acting does nothing for me when the story is terrible. I’m contemplating not watching the remaining of the show. I knew they was going to run into a problem with Alicent’s character and I don’t see them coming back from this terrible season. We need Nettles, the only character that is actually black they cut 😂
Thanks for the comment. While I hear you on the misunderstandings I think that's what will fuel the war and the drama and that's pretty important. The conflict doesn't just get resolved, we know that. I didn't know Alicent was aged down from the book. Interesting. Do you think Nettles could still come into the show now even though Rhaena has encountered Sheepstealer? I hope you change your mind on finishing out the show!
@@DelcoNerdNetwork No, I don’t see Nettles being added later. Well my brother and I watch it together so I watch it with him when it comes back. Probably do it like I did this season watched each episode once which isn’t good because I a binger and don’t really mind watching something good over and over again for my entertainment. Thanks for replying and thank you guys for the video. 👏🏾👏🏾
@@loveatfirstglow24 House of the Dragon Season 1 really brought back the concept and importance of Sunday 9PM TV Timeslots. No problem. Thanks for watching be sure to like and subscribe if you haven't already!
Shadow of the Erdtree was really difficult, got through it on NG+1 and started it at like 200 RL. I think if Trio does try it out at some point I definitely recommend the cheesiest build you can find. Stack vigor and endurance, heaviest armor, moonveil or rivers of blood depending on whether you want magic or bleed, max spirits, summon for every boss, find all the scadutree fragments and ashes and stuff, etc. Doesn't make it trivial but there's a lot you can do to make it easier to get through. It's so good and a lot of the weapons they added are just super fun, I can't recommend it enough. Respeccing is so worth trying out since you get so many larval tears in the base game and a lot more in the dlc, lots of really fun builds you can try out too. Typically I run strength and then faith after hitting soft caps for buffs but respeccing to a bleed build was a ton of fun. Also, fuck Radahn. And that boar rider guy. I don't usually like using cheesy stuff or summoning/spirit ashes but I got fed up and had to for these two bosses. I don't think there's anything wrong with cheesy builds or summoning stuff, I just like the challenge presented and being like "this is beatable" even if it takes like 100 attempts. These two bosses broke me though lmao.
Thanks for your comment. Respeccing though possibly rewarding just seemed anxiety inducing in terms of getting new gear squared away, weapons upgraded, new trinkets, rings etc etc. I loved doing magic so it mind just running with it in this end game piece of content. I don't think it's the place to learn new builds even if it did make things a bit stale. Fuck Radahn and Gaius hahahha
@@DelcoNerdNetwork Definitely understand your point about it being anxiety inducing. Like you put all this time and effort into your current build and changing things can throw it off balance. I would still encourage you to give it a try, especially with how many fun weapons were added in the DLC and if not for that reason then for refining your current build, I'm sure somewhere along the leveling process there was a point or two spent in something that you may not be using or could be used somewhere else which can make a big difference depending on what it is. I usually start my playthroughs as wretch since it gives such a flat starting place for a build and allows me to respec without having to feel like I'm wasting points going from pure str to pure int or something. Honestly, as long as you hit the soft caps, or are close to them, for vig and end you can kinda do whatever you want. Like min 50 vig and 35 end and then just dump the rest into damage stats. That's just my take though and that's what's so cool about this game. It lets you build and play how you want (though for sure don't sleep on vig even if you're an azur comet blaster lmao). As long as you have enough HP to not get 1 hit by bosses you can kinda do whatever you want if you have a good idea of what you want your build to be doing including bows.
Were you disappointed with Season 2's finale? How about the season as a whole and what's to come? Let us know! Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
Did you think Shadow of the Erdtree was too hard? How did you fare with the DLC in general? Favorite boss, armor set or weapon. Please leave a comment! Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
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A maximum-effort review! When you guys get time to digest it, I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are about the unveiling of the Dr Doom actor.
@@DelcoNerdNetwork I understand, doing your review on Friday helped get it out there super fresh! I'm sure we'll hear your opinions about the introduction of Dr Doom, the swapping out of Kang and the choice of actor soon!
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Oi viewer, Homelander killed me wife and took me bloody son! Did you enjoy Season 4 compared to the best two seasons? Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
I don’t understand how ANYONE can like this show. Poor writing, bad acting, enough plot holes to fill a garbage dump. There’s a good reason why the size of the audience is the lowest ever for any series in the franchise. The ONLY reason why people are watching it is so people can watch how bad it is. There’s literally no show I’ve ever seen in my life that’s worse than this, boringly incoherent, abysmal pit of mediocrity, attempt of a show. I’d rather watch MASH and CGI lightsabers into the show and call it Star Wars, it would be better than this manure fest. And I’m not exaggerating
And lest we forget he totally erased the Scouring of the Shire. I imagine Peter Jackson’s hypothetical adaptation of The Odyssey would exclude Odysseus’ return to Ithica.
Well, it's a shame your comment has ill intent. I (the guy on the left) am a huge Snyder. A staunch Snyder Cut and Verse supporter. I liked Part I but Part II just felt horrible. Highly recommend you watch our full reviews on those before you say things that you're ignorant to. We aren't Snyder haters. #RestoreTheSnyderverse
He made all kinds of controversy on screen that do not appear in the books for “drama”, he excludes Bombadil for heaven’s sake, and he totally changes Faramir. And that just three things.
What is a memory or story from your gaming in 2007? What was your favorite game of that year? Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
There are fun to do, in moderation. I think it's easy to wax nostalgic and do "retrospective" type podcasts. Our 100th special had a bit of that and of course The Games That Made Us episode. If you have ideas, chime in! -Gooch
@@DelcoNerdNetwork I understand what you're saying and agree, thanks, Gooch. Looking forward to your coverage of the next Deadpool movie and other things, certainly!
Pretty sure I said this during the crisis core hot-take: Shinra was the big threat at the beginning of both 7 and remake only to get sidelined by the appearance of Sephiroth and Jenova. Shinra became more of a minor nuisance, not counting having Hojo in their ranks, but they risked emulating Jenovas parasitic tendencies but not as quickly and lethal. The true evil in 7 are Jenova and Hojo while Sephiroth is the avatar willingly or unwillingly achieving what they are after.
My take on the side content is while yes a lot of it can be overwhelming at times (more specifically the world intel), I overall thought it was a massive upgrade in terms of quality and world building compared to ff7 remake. In particular, the green icon character side missions were the main highlight for me as we get to see Cloud have meaningful moments and conversations with each party member, which not only further fleshes out their relationship but makes u even more attached to these characters. I guess that's why I personally didn't mind the overhaul of world intel to do because I genuinely enjoyed my time with these characters so much that I was looking for any excuse to keep playing and spending more moments with them. I personally loved learning about each region's unique history through the lifesprings, I loved the challenge of facing each classified intel and the VR summons, I loved the anticipation of going to the next protorelic quest and the buildup throughout had me just yearning for more, ontop of the fact that u also get rewarding upgrades and some of the best materia in the game for doing the side content as well. However, I can definitely understand it eventually becoming a chore for some people as well as creating some pacing issues in between main story events In regards to the gold saucer date and the affinity system, I do believe it was intentional by the developers to not have one date specifically "canon" or not having one date be completely tied to the main story while having other made up date scenarios that would mess up their entire planned story. I think the idea was instead of creating too many story breaking choices or alternate story paths with each date, which would prolly make it more confusing to the player, the devs wanted to carefully consider every choice/outcome the player makes with the affinity system to still fall in line with what they have planned for their story. That's why I believe all the dates are technically "canon" from the perspective of providing insight of how Cloud would react and interact with said characters at this very moment based on your choices. Each date sorta has a connection to something that already has happened or something that they can be potentially foreshadowing/building up towards (Aerith's fate, Cloud and Tifa's relationship, etc.). I think this is why the developers insisted on watching every date after the first playthrough, as their intent was to not give one date heavy priority/significance over the other, but instead give the players a memorable and emotional experience that does not contradict what will eventually come to pass for the rest of the trilogy
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Did you watch the OG series back in the day? Did X-Men '97 do what you wanted and more? Be sure to follow us on social media and join the discord! linktr.ee/delconerds discord.gg/sTwgsXYGwc
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